Stacy (2001)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Naoyuki Tomomatsu

Writers:

Chisato Oogawara (screenplay)
Kenji Otsuki (novel)

Release Date:

18 August 2001 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot Keywords:

Dismemberment | Drunkenness | Gun Mutilation | Extreme Gore | Zombie

Cast

Norman England	...	Jeff
Tomoka Hayashi	...	Nozomi
Yukijirô Hotaru
Natsuki Kato	...	Eiko
Shirô Misawa
Masayoshi Nogami	...	Father
Toshinori Omi	...	Shibukawa
Kenji Otsuki
Hinako Saeki
Yoji Tanaka	...	Rokuyama
Donpei Tsuchihira
Yasutaka Tsutsui	...	Dr. Inugami Sukekiyo
Shungiku Uchida

Also Known As:

Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (USA)

Runtime:

Germany:79 min | USA:80 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Tamagawa River, Tokyo, Japan

Trivia:

The task force which goes out to hunt the zombie schoolgirls is called the "Romero Repeat Kill Troops", a reference to George A. Romero.

Movie Connections:

References Day of the Dead (1985)

too clever for its own good splatter comedy/horror isn't very good

Young girls between 14 and 17 are falling into a coma and dying. When they wake up they are flesh eating zombies called Stacys. Weird gore horror comedy social commentary that never quite comes together. Its too gross (blood goes everywhere), too knowing (the zombie fighters are called Romeros, a chainsaw is a Campbell) and too odd ball to ever really have a shot at any audience. Give the film points for trying, but the low brow humor mixed with not very pointed social commentary doesn't seem to go anywhere. I won't even mention how the blood and guts quickly become too much to take. I had read a couple pieces that invested the film with some great purpose and meaning, I never saw it in the sea of severed limbs and chainsawed faces. If you like blood and guts try it, but I'd steer clear.